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.Hlillllllllllll UNITED STATES PATENT Erice.,

MARCELLUS H. MERRILL, OF-NEW LEBANON, NEW' YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRDTO ABBIE W. GILLETT, OF SAME PLACE.

GAR-COUPLlNG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 514,483, dated February13, 1894.

Application tiled May 17, 1893. Serial No. 474,533. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MAROELLUS l-I. MER- RILL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New Lebanon Centre, in the county of Columbia. andState of New York, have invented a new and useful Car-Coupling, of whichthe following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in car couplings.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple, inexpensiveand efficient car coupling, which may be readily coupled and uncoupledwithout necessitating going between cars, and which will be adapted tocouple with the ordinary pin and link coupling.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and pointed ont in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a car couplingconstructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontalsectional view. Fig. 3 is a reverse plan view.` Fig. 4 is adetailperspective view of the link.

Like numerals of reference indicate correspending parts in all thetigures of the drawin s.

designates a hook draw-head, having an upward extension 2 to be engagedby a link 3 of another draw-head and mounted between sills 4: andcushioned by a spring 5 in the usual manner. The vertical extension 2forms a hook; and the draw-head is provided with a coupling pi'nperforation 6 and has a recess 7 to`enable the ordinary pin and linkcoupling to be employed, when coupling with cars having that form ofcoupling. The link 3 is V-shaped, and has the inner ends of its sidesmounted on journals or pintles 8 of side plates 9, which are arranged onthe outer side faces of the sills 4, and 'are connected with thedrawdiead by a cross-bar 10, extending through slots 11 of the sills,and an opening of the draw-head, whereby the upwardly swinging linkmoves with the draw-head, and is cushioned by the spring thereof. Thelink is secured on the journals or pintles of the side plates by keys 3and the side plates are similarly attached to the ends of the crossbarlO. The rear side of the vertical extension 2 of the draw-head isrounded, and the front or apex of the link is rounded to correspond withthe draw-head, and it will be apparent that the draft is centrally onthe drawhead, and is cushioned by the draft spring. One side of the linkis provided with a depending arm l2, which is connected by a chain 13with a spring 14; and the latter is mounted beneath a car 15 on theframe thereof. The weight of the link is sufficient to hold it securelyin engagement with the draw-head; but the spring operates to prevent anyrattling or jarring and makes it absolutely impossible for the link tobe accidentally thrown upward out of engagement with a draw-head. Thelink is elevated for coupling by a roclcshatt1G,arranged at each side ofthe car and provided at its inner end with an angle arm 17 to engage thelower edge of the adjacent side of the link, and at its outer end with ahandle arm 1S arranged on the adjacent side of the car. The handle armis drawn inward and downward sufficiently to elevate the link above thedrawhead; and the link is held in this position by a pin 19, which isinserted in a socket 2O of the car to form a stop for the handle of therock-shaft. The pin 19 which is connected by a chain 21 with the car, iswithdrawn atter the cars to be coupled come together and the link fallsby gravity into engagement with the draw-head. The rear wall of theextension 2 of the draw-head is vertical; and the link may be readilylifted out of engagement with the draw-head by either of therock-shafts.

It will be seen that the car couplingis simple and comparativelyinexpensive in construction, that it is capable of being readily coupledand uncoupled without going between cars, and that it will readilycouple with cars having the ordinary pin andlink coupling.

Changes in the form, proportionJ and the minor details of constructionmay be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificingany of the advantages of this invention.

What l claim is 1. In a car coupling, the combination of a IDO carprovided with sills having longitudinal slots, a hook draw-head mountedbetween the sills and having an opening, a cross-bar extending throughthe opening of the drawhead and the slots of the sills, side platessecured to the ends of the cross-bar, and alnk having its sides hingedto the side plates, substantially as described.

2. In a car coupling, the combination of a ear having sills providedwith longitudinal slots, a draw-head mounted between the sills andprovided with an opening, across-bar eX- tending through the opening ofthe drawhead and the slots of the sills, side' plates secured to theends of the eross-bar and pro vided with journals, a link having itssides mounted on the journals and provided at one side with a dependingarm, a spring connected with the arms and adapted to draw the Vlinkdownward, and a rock-shaft having an

